Gaming Forums => General Gaming => Topic started by: Pale on October 15, 2008, 09:00:29 PM
Title: Dead Space
Post by: Pale on October 15, 2008, 09:00:29 PM
Is there really no Dead Space topic yet?
Hmm. Well I just finished off the first chapter in one sitting this evening. Overall, the controls were confusing me at first, but I got used to it.
So far it's super linear, but I kind of like that. You push a button and it draws a line on the floor of where you have to go for your mission. It kind of fits with the futuristic vibe.
It's different from RE4... it kind of eases you in a little better, at least so far. No more than 2 things coming at you at once really. I also like that.
No HUD is super cool. I thought it would come off as more gimmicky than anything... but the health on the spine and still feeling like you are "in" the world when checking your map and inventory is very cool. I also love the communication stuff that comes up with the faces of the people that are talking to you.
Overall, I'm liking the production values a lot and I'm gonna keep playing. Anyone else pick it up?
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NWR_Lindy on October 15, 2008, 10:04:53 PM
I was considering it, but decided against it because I still have Resident Evil 4 to finish off at some point. There's only so many survival horror games I can have going on at one time.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Caliban on October 15, 2008, 10:19:20 PM
I picked it up for the 360. I will give it a small playthrough tomorrow just to check it out, as I'm still playing Forza Motorsport 2 as my main 360 game to finish at the moment.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 15, 2008, 11:04:59 PM
I may pick up the PC version but with so many games coming out not sure if I will anytime soon.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on October 16, 2008, 11:51:34 AM
I'm considering renting this or Drakes Fortune on Friday. I'm leaning toward Drakes b/c I actually want to see what happened to the chick in the plane. But who knows, those graphics in Dead Space are very impressive so I could still be swayed.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: user0x7D on October 16, 2008, 12:31:42 PM
They had a half hour commercial... I mean "special" for it on SciFi and it looks like RE4 in space. I have a friend who was dead set on getting it after just seeing commercials but after seeing the SciFi special he's not even sure if he's interested in it enough to pirate it. :p
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: vudu on October 16, 2008, 01:41:21 PM
Cripes. You haven't even finished RE4 yet? You need to stop buying games until you play the ones you purchased two years ago.
Thanks Dad.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 16, 2008, 03:21:08 PM
And no cookies after 5PM.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: bustin98 on October 16, 2008, 03:25:21 PM
I haven't finished Majora's Mask yet. No, I'm not going to stop buying new games. I did finish Call Of Duty 2 on the 360 last week. Now working on Resistance Fall of Man.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on October 16, 2008, 05:11:05 PM
Oh crap, just remembered I still need to beat Mario Sunshine too.....uggggg
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 16, 2008, 07:10:00 PM
You are hereby banned from this generation.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on October 16, 2008, 07:11:03 PM
Maybe they'll "Wii Make" it and I can finish it then. I just hate the controls.
But anyway, how bout that Dead Space??!
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 16, 2008, 07:18:58 PM
Maybe they'll "Wii Make" it and I can finish it then. I just hate the controls.
But anyway, how bout that Dead Space??!
Looks like from most impressions it is yet another shooter with a flash exterior but seemingly drags. I'll hopefully get it soon but right now I'm enjoying so many non-FPS games for the moment.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Pale on October 16, 2008, 07:28:29 PM
Just finished chapter 2. Zero g made me pukey. Vacuum environments are super cool.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Dirk Temporo on October 16, 2008, 08:02:31 PM
I was considering it, but decided against it because I still have Resident Evil 4 to finish off at some point.
Cripes. You haven't even finished RE4 yet? You need to stop buying games until you play the ones you purchased two years ago.
I own well over a hundred games and I can count the number of them that I've beaten on two hands. Unbeaten games include REmake, RE4, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, All the SNES Mario games...
You get the idea.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 16, 2008, 08:16:39 PM
I was considering it, but decided against it because I still have Resident Evil 4 to finish off at some point.
Cripes. You haven't even finished RE4 yet? You need to stop buying games until you play the ones you purchased two years ago.
I own well over a hundred games and I can count the number of them that I've beaten on two hands. Unbeaten games include REmake, RE4, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, All the SNES Mario games...
You get the idea.
I think Dirk and I actually have something in common. AMAZING
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NWR_Lindy on October 16, 2008, 10:22:42 PM
Wow, you mean other people buy new games before they've finished old ones? AMAZING! And here I was thinking I was the only one on these boards!
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: bustin98 on October 16, 2008, 10:57:39 PM
Well, it is a crime to have not finished Ocarina of Time.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 17, 2008, 12:39:44 AM
Holy ****, you have not beaten some of the best games ever made. I've never played all the way through Majora's Mask (first time I ever played it was on the Wind Waker bonus disc), but all the others I've beaten.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on October 17, 2008, 10:15:17 AM
I own well over a hundred games and I can count the number of them that I've beaten on two hands. Unbeaten games include REmake, RE4, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, All the SNES Mario games...
I own well over a hundred games and I can count the number of them that I haven't beaten on two hands. Unbeaten games include F-Zero GX (I can't beat story mode), Quest 64, Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt, Trauma Center, ... hmmm ... I think that might be it. Guess I did it on one hand. ;D
Note: I'm not counting games I'm currently playing.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on October 17, 2008, 04:03:15 PM
I own well over a hundred games and I can count the number of them that I've beaten on two hands. Unbeaten games include REmake, RE4, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, All the SNES Mario games...
I own well over a hundred games and I can count the number of them that I haven't beaten on two hands. Unbeaten games include F-Zero GX (I can't beat story mode), Quest 64, Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt, Trauma Center, ... hmmm ... I think that might be it. Guess I did it on one hand. ;D
Note: I'm not counting games I'm currently playing.
Behold....Our new leader!!
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 18, 2008, 01:39:09 PM
This game sounds interesting, but there's no demo. The relatively small amount of demos is one of the minor annoyances I have with my otherwise good recent 360 purchase.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: bustin98 on October 18, 2008, 05:13:27 PM
This game sounds interesting, but there's no demo. The relatively small amount of demos is one of the minor annoyances I have with my otherwise good recent 360 purchase.
In comparison to what, PC gaming? The demo selection on the PSN is pathetic, and the Wii is non-existant. I have many hours spent playing demos on my 360. I just don't think its an 'annoyance'. It is an annoyance that some demos are not available at or before the launch of a particular game, Dead Space being one of those...
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Pale on October 18, 2008, 06:32:31 PM
Tycho drew a comparison of Dead Space to Metroid, and while I didn't think it before I read it, I can't help but agree.
This isn't near as frantic as RE4 or a traditional shooter. There are frantic moments, but a lot of it is environment.
Combine that with the fact that you are in a location trying to decipher what exactly happened without truly interacting with anyone, and it really starts to sound like Metroid.
I definitely think Metroid fans should check the game out.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NWR_Lindy on October 18, 2008, 06:58:54 PM
OK, now THAT comparison has me intrigued. I checked out some footage of it, and it did remind me quite a bit of Metroid Prime, but not as action-oriented.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 18, 2008, 07:06:54 PM
This game sounds interesting, but there's no demo. The relatively small amount of demos is one of the minor annoyances I have with my otherwise good recent 360 purchase.
In comparison to what, PC gaming? The demo selection on the PSN is pathetic, and the Wii is non-existant. I have many hours spent playing demos on my 360. I just don't think its an 'annoyance'. It is an annoyance that some demos are not available at or before the launch of a particular game, Deap Space being one of those...
In comparison to how many games there are for the platform. Really it just is this situation, where I wanted a specific game and it wasn't there. It's nowhere near the annoyance as, say, the ridiculously stupid Microsoft Points system that I hate with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on October 18, 2008, 11:22:20 PM
Whats your general mood when playing the game? Creeped out? Intrigued? Sick to your stomach?
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Schadenfreude on October 19, 2008, 01:23:12 AM
This is one of the games I want to love, but I know I wouldn't because I can't play scary games.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: bustin98 on October 19, 2008, 02:00:24 AM
I really want to pick the game up but I'll have to put off Gears or Resistance, not to mention Guitar Hero World Tour.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: NWR_Lindy on October 19, 2008, 01:14:27 PM
I'd wait until it drops in price. Resistance, Gears, and GHWT are games that are worthy of your full attention!
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Pale on October 19, 2008, 01:24:50 PM
I was just plain sick to my stomach in the beginning.. but I've gotten used to that part. Now I'm just constantly worried about being made to jump.
There are two things that happen that make me jump EVERY time...
Either a ventilation cover makes a loud noise breaking off as a monster breaks through...
Or I come around a corner in a dead silent vacuum only to see a monster that immediately (at still totally silently) jumps on my face.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 19, 2008, 04:06:00 PM
I was just plain sick to my stomach in the beginning.. but I've gotten used to that part.
What in particular made you feel this way? The looks of the dead bodies, or the controls?
The developers said in an interview the other day they actually studied corpses to really get the looks right. Man, can't imagine staying late at the office, alone, to do that......
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Pale on October 19, 2008, 06:44:11 PM
The corpses mostly... what they were willing to do to dead babies is just, kind of, gross.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Morari on October 19, 2008, 06:55:53 PM
Tycho drew a comparison of Dead Space to Metroid, and while I didn't think it before I read it, I can't help but agree.
This isn't near as frantic as RE4 or a traditional shooter. There are frantic moments, but a lot of it is environment.
Combine that with the fact that you are in a location trying to decipher what exactly happened without truly interacting with anyone, and it really starts to sound like Metroid.
I definitely think Metroid fans should check the game out.
Put that way, it sounds a lot more like System Shock to me.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on October 19, 2008, 07:11:46 PM
The corpses mostly... what they were willing to do to dead babies is just, kind of, gross.
Wow. Sounds like I'd get creeped out as well. I'll have to remember to drink a couple beers first before I try this one....
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Caliban on October 19, 2008, 09:12:54 PM
This game is great in the sense that it is creepy, haunting, startles me from time to time with its eerie environmental sounds. I'm having a blast.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: bustin98 on October 20, 2008, 03:04:56 PM
I don't know why I wasn't thinking about renting. So I did. And its a cool game. Playing both easy and hard. Easy, just two or three shots take out an enemy, while on hard you have to shoot off the limbs before they die.
Lining up the slow-mo can be a bit picky, too.
I was really impressed with the opening shot of exiting hyperspace (or whatever they call it here). Very nice lighting. The first time I watched it though the woman's hair had a strange glitch and jutted off her head at an odd angle. It calmed down after she started walking so it wasn't like that glitch with Okami.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: Pale on October 20, 2008, 04:59:10 PM
The lighting in the game is amazing. Just wait until the very beginning of Chapter 4. I was blown away.
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 20, 2008, 05:23:22 PM
I have been reading that the PC version controls horribly, I really hope this is NOT true because it is inexcusable. The PC version better not be gimped!
Title: Re: Dead Space
Post by: D_Average on November 26, 2008, 02:10:15 PM
For anyone that doesn't know, the Demo is up on the PSN now. I thought it was creepy as hell! A lot of reviewers said it wasn't scary enough but I'd guess thats due to them playing it in their cubicle during normal office hours as opposed to alone in your apartment with the lights out.
